Command Reference; Command Description Format; The Commands - Omega Engineering OMB-CHARTSCAN 1400 User Manual

Appendix A

Command Reference

The following pages provide the command set for ChartScan. For each command, the command name,
the descriptive name, and the command description are given. In turn, the command description
includes the following format.

Command Description Format

Type
This item refers to the part of the system that the command acts upon. The defined Types are as
follows:
Type
Acquisition
Buffer
Calibration
Channel
System
Execution
This item refers to the point in time which an interpreted command is executed. The defined
Executions are as follows:
Execution
Immediate
Deferred

The Commands

The following pages presents the API Command Reference for ChartScan. The API Commands have
been arranged in alphabetical order by command syntax with the
alphabetical characters, and with
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Definition
Refers to those commands which affect how the scans/channels are acquired.
Refers to those commands which affect the buffer operations and/or pointers.
Refers to those commands which affect instrument calibration.
Refers to those commands which affect channel configuration and/or acquisition.
Refers to those commands which affect general system functionality.
Definition
Indicates that the command will be executed immediately upon successful parsing of the
command and instrument parameters.
Indicates that the command will be saved and executed later (after successfully parsing
and performing an Execute (X) command).
preceding the letter
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and characters preceding the
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API Commands
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